Marked changed files in file browser?

[Phssthpok]

I sometimes find that when I'm doing a search-and-replace across multiple files, I hit replace/next by accident, which does a replacement and moves me to another file. It's then quite hard to find the last changed file before the one I'm now in so I can undo the change, since the only indication is on the tab labels, and the tabs are order of opening rather than in file order.

Would it be possible to add a marker in the file browser to show which files have changed, as there is on the tab headings?

[Brett Merkey]

quite hard to find the last changed file before the one I'm now in

Calibre opens each "found" file consecutively in the edit window. So, the last tab before the current is the culprit, isn't it? Also, when I am in the same situation, I find that changing the search "down" to "up" will get me back to previous hits.

In my edit sessions, most files get hit. I don't see how an icon on all those files in the file view will help...

There is also the "Revert To" button. Found that handy, esp. for my "Replace All" errors!

[deback]

Originally Posted by Phssthpok

I sometimes find that when I'm doing a search-and-replace across multiple files, I hit replace/next by accident, which does a replacement and moves me to another file. It's then quite hard to find the last changed file before the one I'm now in so I can undo the change, since the only indication is on the tab labels, and the tabs are order of opening rather than in file order.

Would it be possible to add a marker in the file browser to show which files have changed, as there is on the tab headings?

When you realize you've replaced something you didn't want to replace (or made some other unwanted change,) just hit ctrl-z, and the last change will be undone. Then the cursor will go back to the last item that was changed.

You can also use ctrl-z when in Windows File Explorer and other Windows applications to undo the last thing you did. Ctrl-Y is the command to redo the last undo command.

I don't use the "Revert to" command from the Top Menu to undo the last edit, because it can undo many more changes than you want to undo.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Phssthpok

marker . . . on the tab headings?

I never noticed that before, is it new?

BR

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

I never noticed that before, is it new?

BR

No. Its not new. If you open a file and edit it, you will see a little icon added to that tab. It will be gone if you close it or hit save.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by thiago.eec

No. Its not new. If you open a file and edit it, you will see a little icon added to that tab. It will be gone if you close it or hit save.

It also goes if you undo all you done with Ctrl+Z - which is sort of cute. I probably missed it because I hide buttons and bows wherever I can:



BR

[theducks]

Originally Posted by thiago.eec

No. Its not new. If you open a file and edit it, you will see a little icon added to that tab. It will be gone if you close it or hit save.

all this time and uses and I never noticed those

thiago

[thiago.eec]

Calibre has so many features, we just keep learning every day. Reading through the threads, I've learned things I never even dreamed was possible.

[Phssthpok]

Originally Posted by Brett Merkey

Calibre opens each "found" file consecutively in the edit window. So, the last tab before the current is the culprit, isn't it?

Not if some of the files were already open.

[Phssthpok]

Originally Posted by deback

When you realize you've replaced something you didn't want to replace (or made some other unwanted change,) just hit ctrl-z, and the last change will be undone. Then the cursor will go back to the last item that was changed.

Only in the current file; not if the change was made in a separate file (think Replace and Find; it replaces, then goes to the next match, which might not be in the same file). My problem is finding which file it was in, if the replacement was not done in the current file.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Phssthpok

My problem is finding which file it was in, if the replacement was not done in the current file.

give the mouse a rest,

do until you find what your looking for {

close current tab (ctrl+w),
undo changes (repeated ctrl+z's) in new current tab until pencil icon on tab goes away,
if the change you are seeking wasn't there, redo what you just undone (repeated ctrl+y's)

}

BR

[Phssthpok]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

give the mouse a rest,

do until you find what your looking for {

close current tab (ctrl+w),
undo changes (repeated ctrl+z's) in new current tab until pencil icon on tab goes away,
if the change you are seeking wasn't there, redo what you just undone (repeated ctrl+y's)

}

BR

Or plan B: try to remember to go to the first file in the book and then hit ctrl-alt-W before every S&R sequence. Sigh.

[BetterRed]

Or Plan C - do what I try to do when doing a lot of editing on a file/book/video/etc

Frequent Save Copy (usually after running error check) to a 'current work' folder (in my case the desktop) with datetime prepended to the file name via an AHK shortcut.

BR

[kovidgoyal]

The editor includes the show changes tool for exactly this reason. You can see exactly what has changed where. Create a checkpoint before starting your search/replace then you can see what has changed since the checkpoint easily.


And I dont really see how showing modified info in the file browser will help this use case. WHat if you have a few modified files already there and then something you dont like happens, how will you know which modified file it happened it?